very true ,doing something for the newly named divyangjan may not get votes ,neither are we large corporates nor are we a meaningful votebank. only the courts have really helped us . I do not intend to hurt any modi fan on the list.
On 2/2/21, Ronald Jason Escrader <rjescra...@gmail.com> wrote: > I agree with you on that note. > > > > From: accessindia@accessindia.org.in <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> On > Behalf Of Tanmay Srivastava > Sent: 01 February 2021 17:54 > To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning > the disabled. <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> > Subject: Re: [AI] Disabled Cold Shouldered in Budget > > > > According to me now disability is not the subject of welfare. > > Now it should not be the part of ministry of social justice and > empowerment. > > It is the high time to make aware the government that government should > create separate ministry for the empowerment of people with disabilities. > > Looking forward to everyone's response. > > > > On Mon 1 Feb, 2021, 4:26 PM National Platform For The Rights of the > Disabled, <nprd...@gmail.com <mailto:nprd...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > February 1, 2021 > > > > Press Statement > > > > The National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled (NPRD) has issued the > following statement: > > > > Union Budget: Disabled Cold Shouldered > > > > The NPRD lodges its strong protest at the substantial reduction in budgetary > support to the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities. Even > the meagre and inadequate Rs. 1325.39 estimated last time, has been further > reduced to Rs. 1171.77 crores this time. > > > > This substantial reduction of nearly 12 per cent will adversely impact > various schemes and programmes that are being undertaken by the department. > The “Scheme for Implementation for Persons with Disabilities Act” sees a cut > in its allocation from Rs. 251.50 to Rs. 209.77 crores. The National Trust > which caters to persons with autism, cerebral palsy, intellectual > disabilities etc. is also witnessing lesser budgetary support. It has been > reduced from Rs. 39.50 to Rs. 30.00 crore. Even allocations to the National > Programme for Prevention of Blindness have been reduced by nearly 50 per > cent from Rs. 20.00 to Rs. 10.50 crores as compared to last year. Grant in > aid to state governments have also been reduced substantially. > > > > When more disabled people are joining the ranks of the unemployed, it would > have been prudent to enhance allocations for the National Handicapped > Finance and Development Corporation, to enable it to provide loans to small > businesses set up by disabled people. On the contrary budgetary support to > the NHFDC has been drastically reduced from Rs. 41 crore provisioned in the > 2019-20 budget to a mere Rs. 0.01 crore this time. The announcements made to > vigorously pursue privatization of various public sector undertakings will > adversely impact the disabled also. With the government unrelenting on the > demand to extend reservations to the private sector, shrinking employment > avenues in the government sector will see the ranks of the unemployed > disabled bourgeoning. > > > > The total expenditure earmarked for the national programmes for welfare of > persons with disabilities has been reduced from Rs. 655 to Rs. 584 crores. > The total towards schemes/projects has been reduced from Rs. 780.00 to Rs. > 709.77 crores, this time. The total expenditure towards Social security & > welfare has seen a reduction from Rs. 1126.79 to Rs. 988.59. Disability > pension continues to be stagnant at Rs. 300 for the past many years. > > > > In the pandemic situation, which saw a huge escalation in the number of > mental health cases, the allocations made towards mental health displays the > total lack of acknowledgement of the crisis. Allocations to the National > Mental Health Programme remains constant at Rs. 40.00 crore. No support has > been earmarked for the National Institute of Mental Health & Research for > the last two years. However, unlike last time, there has been a slight > increase in allocations to the National Institute of Mental Health and > Neurosciences, Bengaluru and the Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoli Regional > Institute of Mental Health, Tezpur. > > > > What is even more glaring is the complete omission of flagship programme > started by this government the Accessible India campaign. > > > > The government remains content with bestowing divine status and a label of > divyang, even while pursuing policies that confine disabled citizens to the > margins. Displaying complete indifference, during the entire two-hour long > rhetoric filled speech by the Finance Minister, not once did she refer to > disabled persons. Disabled atmas don’t matter. In earlier budgets, the > disabled were disregarded or neglected. This time they have been cold > shouldered. This is deplorable. 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